For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was showed.
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Erasmus of Rotterdam
AD 1536
He had been born lame, and he had displayed his debility for so many years as a beggar that no one could say in slander that this deformity was simulated or insignificant.
having verified that they were men without letters or learning BEDE They were called 'without letters' who were content with only their own language and natural knowledge, and did not know the study of letters.